Poem by Clarence Sturgeon Before Execution
The piece includes a poem by Clarence Sturgeon a twenty year old prisoner awaiting execution on November 15. He says he wrote it in prison last Friday night reflecting faith and acceptance of death and notes his limited schooling and recent Catholic conversion. He expects his mother to visit and is supported by his father and brother in law while a priest visits his cell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Sturgeon
Sturgeon
Lebanon
Bowling Green Academy
Surgeon
George W. Stureon
George Conyers
Explosion Destroys Fontanet Town Induced by Powder Mill Blast
Shock from Fontanet Indiana powder mill explosion devastates town of about 1000 residents with two score killed and many injured. Report heard across Washington County and nearby cities in Kentucky and Indiana. No church services this week due to the incident. Home Mission Society to host ladies Thursday afternoon.
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Fontanet
Ind
Seden
Louisville
Indianapolis
Kentucky
Indiana
Charles Noe Gays
William Goods
Mooresville
Methodist Church
Christian Church
Home Mission Society of the Methodist Church
Jackson Nominated for Legislature Seat
Precinct conventions in Marion county selected delegates to a county meeting Monday to choose a candidate to oppose Democratic nominee John Barr. All precincts instructed delegates to vote for T. C. Jackson, with W. T. Hawkins the only announced candidate from the dry faction in the recent bear contest. Jackson faced a wet and dry faction split in the selection process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier-Journal
Lebanon
Marion County
John Barr
Gates
T. C. Jackson
W. T. Hawkins
Jackson
Withdrawal Fight Sparks Marion County Republican Nomination
Card from Hawkins claims C A Johnston withdrew leaving Hawkins as sole aspirant. He accuses Democrats and a few Republicans of dictating the party’s choice to align with local option views and seek long tenure in office. Hawkins labels his opponents as revengeful and non-Republican.
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C. A. Johnston
Marion County
Republican Party
Marn County
W. T. Hawkins
Six Carloads Shipped From Washington County Tobacco Warehouse
Six carloads of the 1906 crop of pool grade tobacco were shipped today to Louisville from the Washington County Tobacco Warehouse Company for storage in the Louisville Tobacco Warehouse. The shipment process continues as management aims to move the full crop there soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Washington County ‘Tobacco Warehouse Company
Louisville Tobacco Warehouse
Chileans and mongrel society in revolt and race mixing
A fragmentary, stilted critique discusses Chilean society, race mixing, and revolts sparked by injustices toward mixed heritage families. It blends quoted phrases about desire and family life with scattered social commentary and literary references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speine
Exchange In Neck Ties Causes Domestic Strife
A Philadelphia Record item describes a South Fenn businessman's plan to dodge his wife by trading neckties. The wife forces his worn ties on her, notices color and pattern details, and he secretly keeps a replacement tied to a key in his desk. The piece ponders her reaction if she discovers the ruse after a future visit.
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South Fenn Square
Tiladelphia
Hats With Te
A fragment discusses hats and money, noting reluctance to address a hat's displeasure. The text suggests putting it away for a week or 40 and waiting, comparing the hat's temper to a naughty stone and implying it cannot be argued with.
A Cultured Bass Higher Education Ruins Clever Fish
A Philadelphia North American piece catalogs a humorous claim that bass are intelligent, citing Walter Dumpling who says bass study weather, choose bait, and defend nests. The quip ends that higher education ruined the fish, noting the bass would only bite when a page from an encyclopedia was tied to the bait.
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Walter Dumpling
Philadelphia
North American
Anecdotes About Warren and Hil A Turbulent Moment
The piece recalls Samuel Warren author of Ten Thousand a Year and his friend Matthew Davenport Hill. Warren frets over missing a dinner with the lord chancellor and Hill offers to smooth the matter. The excerpt also notes advice on curing blushing and a New Orleans Times Democrat anecdote about Johnson valuing truth and avoiding embellishment.
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Samuel Warren
Matthew Davenport Hill
Sam Warren
Matthew Davenport Hil
Warren
Hill
Elm
Pall Mall Gazelle
The Transformed Pythagorean Practical Joke
A fragment recounts a prank on a Pythagorean disciple who, after drinking, was smeared with honey and rolled in a feather bed. He wakes, views his reflection, and exclaims Bird, by Jove in astonishment. The piece also reflects on love and enemies in Epigrams of Queen Elisabeth.
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Pythagorean
Pythagoras
London Telegraph
Queen Elisabeth
Carmen Sylva
Dentist marvels at filling all cavities in teeth
In a quoted exchange from London Tit-Bits, a dentist jokes about filling all teeth with cavities, noting that once cavities come they will already be filled. A separate line links land ownership to social status, referencing Emerson on property.
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London
Live Corpse Rises From Coffin in West Virginia
In Wheeling Oct 14 relatives awaited last rites for Mrs Fred Hartzell a farmer's wife near Huntington when she suddenly sat up in the coffin and escaped outdoors as mourners fled. The minister fainted upon meeting the recovering woman and she remained unconscious four days. Her husband had believed her dead and arranged for burial due to lack of a physician.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Fred Hartzell
Huntington
Public Sale At Fredericktown Beech Forks Farm
On the above date at to o'clock a m on my farm 2 miles from Fredericktown on the Beech Forks river sale to highest bidder of 3 farm mares 1 4-year-old horse two 3 year old horses 1 yearling colt 2 good milch cows 1 cow due to calve soon a fine milker 4 fat heifers 2 fat steer calves 1 weanling heifer calf 17 fat hogs 3 sows and 19 pigs 7 shoats 1 wagon good as new 1 top buggy and 1 harness 2 saddles plows hoes scythes 1 wheel barrow 1 grind stone a lot of nice young hens plow gear wagon harness 300 or goo bushels of corn 140 shocks of fodder a lot of sugarcane in shock 240 cedar posts ready cut 2 cutting boxes farm bell Household and kitchen furniture Terms made known on day of sale F G COMBS S M Campbell Auctioneer
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Illinois
Illisburg
Willisburg
Sharps Turnpike
Sleet Pinkston
C. H. Perkins
S. M. Campbell
Fredericktown
Beech Forks
Local social notes from Henryville and nearby towns
Mrs Bettie Graham of Henryville visits Mrs Alice Thompson. Nat Thompson and B B Leachman were in Harrodsburg last week. J F E Gregory returns from Louisville. Mrs B L Lisggy entertained neighborhood girls last Thursday. Mrs W P Merritt hosted a party last Thursday evening. Miss Leachman of Louisville visits J S Leachman. Mrs J Howerton Hopper visits relatives in Perryville. James Thompson of Indianapolis returns home. Clarence Adams and Miss Sweeney visit Grundy Orphanage area. Miss Mattie Lou Adams of Harrodsburg visits relatives here. Misses Mary Elizabeth Bruce and Sarah Mitchell of Perryville visit Dr J H Hopper. Miss Lill VanArsdale leaves for Columbus to attend school. Misses Mabel Price and Mayme Donnelly visit Miss Lavenia OConnor. Wallace Seay sells his farm near here to Peyton Briggs. Surprise party at Mrs Hopper’s for visitors Misses Mary Bruce and Sarah Mitchell. Jennie Leachman spends Thursday night with Miss Francis Litsey. Mrs Ardis Brown and Miss Jennie Redding visit Mrs Alice Thompean.
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Bettie Graham
Henryville
Ind
Alice Thompson
Nat Thompson
B. B. Leachman
Harrodsburg
J. FE. Gregory
Louisville
B. L. Lisggy
W. P. Merritt
Miss Leachman
J. 3. Leachman
J. Howerton Hopper
Perryville
James Thompson
Indianapolis
Clarence Adams
Sweeney
Grundy Orphanage
Mattie Lou Adams
Mary and
Elizabeth Bruce
Sarah Mitchell
Subscriptions Free Column Horse Mules and Posts for Sale
W E Leachman offers a one year old black horse described as easy for a woman or child to drive. J R Walker lists seed wheat. G T Clements advertises two strong work mules. J E Derringer sells cedar posts priced per piece..obtain placed ads for Rt 1 sellers.
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W. E. Leachman
G. T. Clements
Rt. 1
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Courie
Journal
Christ
Washington County
Methodist Church News
Hawkins
Lebanon Enterprise
Repubicans
Marion Coun
Laura
Jlegende Blaster
Pather
Mylehild
Heine
Binshing
New Orleans
Johnson
Emerson
Springfield
J. B. RoBards
F. G. Combs
Grundy & McIntire
Springfield, Kentucky
Pleasant Grove
Columbus
Mabel Price
Mayme Donnelly
Lavenia O'Connor
Wallace Séay
Peyton Briggs
Jennie Leachman
Thorsey
Francis Litsey
Ardis Brown
Jennie Redding
Alice Thompean
J. R. Walker
J. E. Derringer
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